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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

(2011/10/24) Unite like an Egyptian (Occupy Wall St Part 3)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2011

⏱️ 71 minutes

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dition #541

Unite like an Egyptian

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Act 1: A Detailed Plan On How To Decrease Corporate Power - Lee Camp Air Date: 9-21-11

Song 1: What we've got (Live) - Emilyn Brodsky & Anthony da Costa

Act 2: News Coverage Numbers of the Occupy Protests vs Tea Party protests - On the Media

Song 2: Fake plastic trees - Radiohead

Act 3: Bill O'Reilly Rips Occupy Wall Street Protesters - Young Turks

Song 3: You can't always get what you want - Glee Cast

Act 4: What the Occupy Wall St movement wants Part 1 - Planet Money

Song 4: Union strike song - Lisa Simpson

Act 5: What the Occupy Wall St movement wants Part 2 - Planet Money

Song 5: Rinse me down - Bombay Bicycle Club

Act 6: President's Approval Rating Soars After Punching Wall Street Banker in Face - The Onion

Song 6: Fighting Song (feat. Tom Morello) - Outernational

Act 7: Chris Hedges speech at Occupy DC - Chris Hedges

Song 7: You're the best - Joe Esposito

Act 8: Are We The Modern Day Pompeii - Lee Camp Air Date: 10-02-11

Song 8: Golden slumbers - Ben Folds

Act 9: Then Meets Now - Mark Fiore Air Date 10-19-11

Voicemails:

Touting the human megaphone at 'occupy' protests - John from Tulsa, OK

Personal 'occupy' story from Phoenix, AZ and Sheriff Joe's jail - Kim from Phoenix, AZ

Encouragement for people to join their local 'occupy' protest - Alex from Richmond, VA

Call to occupy the media - Jake from NY Alt News

Voicemail Music:

Loud Pipes - Ratatat

Final comments on why I'm exactly as smart as Steve Jobs

Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:

Al Sharpton - Daily Show - Air Date: 10-19-11

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Jay! Tomlinson

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0:00.0

This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit

0:06.3

the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com.

0:09.0

Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with Cubsiday from Comedian Lee Camp,

0:13.3

on the media, the young Turks, planet money, the onion radio news, Chris Hedges, and

0:17.7

MarkFurray.com with a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from the

0:22.8

Daily Show.

0:30.0

Comedian Lee Camp, this is your moment of clarity.

0:33.1

You want to really take the power away from the biggest corporations.

0:37.3

You want to really punch them in the **** and **** in their punch bowl, then follow this

0:42.4

tried and true plan of action.

0:46.4

Stop buying so much ****, just stop it, just stop it.

0:52.6

Every time you buy a thing, a drink and a widget, a custom design, what you'll call it,

0:57.0

you give them a little more power and a little more money.

1:00.8

The moment you stop, they will flip the **** out, like a redneck on Jeopardy, or a Kim

1:07.4

Kardashian at a talent contest, Indonesian six-year-old Nike employee listening to an American

1:15.5

six-year-old bitch about how hard his homework is, or Thomas Payne at a present day tea party

1:23.2

rally going, why the **** are you wearing those ridiculous hats or Charlie Sheen anywhere?

1:30.8

They will flip the **** out.

1:34.0

The reason our economy keeps trucking along while Americans can't find work and our social

1:39.3

safety net has holes in it bigger than Rick Perry's logic is because we all keep buying

1:46.4

stupid, vapid **** and fighting each other for large TVs in ridiculous houses.

1:53.0

The moment we put down the iPads and Xboxes and pocket rockets, the large corporations will

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